After 230 years of using blankets as a substitute for pillows.
Inmates are going to get cotton - pillows to sleep on for the first time in the history of jails in Bangladesh.
Since 1788, when a “criminal ward” was built in Dhaka on NazimuddinRoad, which was later turned into Dhaka Central Jail, prisoners wouldnot be given pillows to rest their heads on. This practice was adopted by every jail in the country.
Instead, they would be given three blankets, a plate and a bowl to live in jail as per the prison provision services, Abdullah Al Mamun, assistant inspector general (admin) of prison directorate, told TheDaily Star.